cultivated

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Norman’s first ambition, to become a critic, cultivated his independent, informed and discriminating judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Erewhon has cultivated a following of shoppers who visit daily to grab a prepared meal or one of its celebrity-backed $20 smoothies.

From Los Angeles Times

Or as Comer put it more directly in a statement: “Chief Pamela Smith coerced staff to report artificially low crime data and cultivated a culture of fear to achieve her agenda.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As the longtime chief of the largest U.S. lender, Dimon has cultivated a reputation as a de facto spokesman for the banking industry’s interests.

From Barron's

And while one hesitates to say “in spite of,” Ms. Naud has cultivated a healthy career in genre films with a very prominent nevus, or birthmark, under her right eye.

From The Wall Street Journal